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Humain, DataVolt Plan 100 MW AI Data Center at NEOM’s Oxagon

The expected-2028 facility gives Saudi-backed Humain a defined role in DataVolt’s planned Oxagon campus, but all of the capacity remains prospective.

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Humain, DataVolt Plan 100 MW AI Data Center at NEOM’s Oxagon
Humain, DataVolt Plan 100 MW AI Data Center at NEOM’s Oxagon
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Humain and DataVolt are planning a roughly 100-megawatt AI data center at Oxagon, NEOM’s industrial city on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, with availability expected in 2028. The project gives Humain a defined role in a much larger build: its capacity would represent about 28 percent of DataVolt’s planned 360-megawatt first phase at Oxagon. That first phase sits inside a broader AI campus described as reaching 1.5 gigawatts across multiple stages. The proposed facility is designed around renewable power, advanced cooling, high-performance computing clusters, and low-latency connectivity through subsea cables. The location is also being positioned around pre-zoned industrial land and energy resources at scale. For Humain, which was established last year and is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the agreement turns a broad infrastructure ambition into one specific planned site. It is still a relatively small piece of the company’s target of six gigawatts by 2034. The more important qualification is that none of this is operating capacity yet. The 2028 date is an expectation, and the project remains in planning and development. That matters because NEOM’s wider plans have been scaled back amid cost overruns and weaker-than-anticipated global oil prices. The key question is whether this defined 100-megawatt commitment can move from a long-dated plan to an operating facility by 2028.

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Humain and DataVolt have defined a 100 MW AI data-center project inside DataVolt’s planned 360 MW first phase at NEOM’s Oxagon, with availability targeted for 2028. The site is part of a much larger 1.5 GW campus and is still in planning and development, not operating capacity. Its proposed design includes renewable power, advanced cooling, high-performance computing and subsea-cable connectivity. The deal gives...

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    The 100 MW project represents roughly 28% of DataVolt’s planned 360 MW Oxagon first phase.

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    The broader Oxagon AI campus is described as reaching 1.5 GW across multiple stages.

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    Planned infrastructure includes renewable energy, advanced cooling, HPC clusters and subsea-cable connectivity.

Humain and DataVolt have partnered to develop roughly 100 MW of planned AI data-center capacity at Oxagon, NEOM’s industrial city on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast. The facility is expected to be available in 2028.

One defined project in a larger build

The joint development is part of DataVolt’s planned 360 MW first phase at Oxagon, itself within a broader AI campus described as 1.5 GW. The agreement therefore places Humain in a specified portion of a multi-stage campus rather than setting out a separate site.

The planned facility is to combine renewable energy sources, innovative cooling technologies and high-performance computing clusters. Those elements are part of the project’s stated design, alongside its 2028 availability expectation.

Oxagon is part of the pitch

The companies expect the location to provide pre-zoned industrial land, energy resources at scale and low-latency computing access through subsea-cable connectivity. Those stated location advantages sit alongside the proposed facility’s renewable-energy, cooling and computing design.

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are accelerating AI infrastructure build-outs as demand for computing power rises. At Oxagon, the announcement attaches a named partner and a delivery expectation to one part of that wider expansion, while leaving the capacity in the planning and development stage.

A target set against NEOM’s record

NEOM was unveiled a decade ago as part of Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation. Its plans have since been scaled back amid cost overruns and lower-than-anticipated global oil prices, providing important context for a project that is expected to arrive in 2028.

Humain was established last year and is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It has secured several agreements with global technology firms and is targeting 6 GW of capacity by 2034. The Oxagon project is smaller than that longer-term target, but it gives the company a specific planned role in the NEOM campus.

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  1. kfgo.comSaudi AI firms Humain, DataVolt partner for data center on kingdom’s Red Sea coast

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